Chris Lilley 馃彺鬆仹鬆仮鬆伋鬆仯鬆伌鬆伩Mar 21, 2024

Dear typographers of Mastodon:

Do any variable fonts exist which support both italics and obliques, in the same font?

(This is not a challenge to go make one. I'm also not assuming that intermediate forms (ugh!) would exist; just that the one font could produce either on demand).

Please boost for reach; #css would like good data before designing solutions to non-existent problems.

Comments welcome at

https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3125

[css-fonts-4] Behavior for variable fonts with 'ital' axis ambiguous / underspec'ed 路 Issue #3125 路 w3c/csswg-drafts

@jpamental initially reported this issue discussing font matching and rendering results for a variable font that has an ital axis. I do not see a clear and interoperable way to make them work descr...

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Chris Lilley 馃彺鬆仹鬆仮鬆伋鬆仯鬆伌鬆伩Mar 23, 2024
Show threadAmelia Bellamy-Royds

@svgeesus Congratulations, Chris, you have nerd-sniped me. Not the existing, implemented font you asked for, but a hypothetical variable typeface design that can be used to start discussion about how it should be implemented and why.

https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3125#issuecomment-2016559702

[css-fonts-4] Behavior for variable fonts with 'ital' axis ambiguous / underspec'ed 路 Issue #3125 路 w3c/csswg-drafts

@jpamental initially reported this issue discussing font matching and rendering results for a variable font that has an ital axis. I do not see a clear and interoperable way to make them work descr...

GitHub
Mar 23, 2024 at 5:56pmWeb